Improvement in sash-holders



B. AMOS.

. Sash-Holders.

N0.150,505, Patented May 5,1874.

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BENJAMIN AMOS, OF OLATHE, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No; 1 50,505, dated May 5,1874; application filed May 26, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN AMOS, of Olathe, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented anew and valuable In1- provement in Sash-Locks; and I do hereby declare that thefollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a part of a window-sash and frame in sec tion, showing my sash-lock; and Fig. 2 is an ed ge-view of the window-sash.

My invention relates to that class of sashlocks and holders in which a rubber roller is inserted in a mortise or recess in the edge of the windo w-sashto bear against the jamb; and it consists in the application of a spring under the rubber roller to throw the same outward. It also consists in a locking-bolt, arranged in an angular or inclined mortise in the windowsash, to lock the sash, and also to displace the rubber roller when necessaryto do so; also in the shape of the mortise for the roller.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the window-sash, and B the frame in which the same works, said parts he ing constructed and arranged in any of the known and usual ways. In the edge of the sash A is made a mortise or recess, Z, for the reception of a rubber roller, 0. This roller is supported by or upon a spring, D, arranged in the lower part of the mortise, so as to throw would not hold the sash. This difficulty is en-' tirely obviated by the aid of the spring D. Through the sash A is made an angular or wedge-shaped mortise, a, the larger end of which opens into the upper end of the mortise or recess when the roller D is placed as shown in Fig. 1. Through the mortise a is passed a bolt, G, which is used to lock the sash by passing it into holes I) made in the jamb, This bolt is also used to displace the rubber roller when D when necessary to do so for raising or lowering the sash. The upper end of the mortise or recess for the roller D is inclined from x to y, as shown in Fig. l, which will press the roller against the jamb, thereby preventing BENJAMIN AMOS.

IVitnesses:

' S. A. GILBERT,

WM. 1. BIGELOW. 

